WXMY

WXMY

City of license	Saltville, Virginia
Broadcast area	Saltville, Virginia/Marion, Virginia
Branding	"Classic Country 1600 AM"
Frequency	1600 kHz
First air date	1981
Format	Classic Country
Power	5,000 Watts daytime only
Class	D
Facility ID	74348
Transmitter coordinates
Owner	Continental Media Group, LLC

WXMY is a Classic Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Saltville, Virginia, serving the Saltville/Marion. WXMY is owned and operated by Continental Media Group, LLC.

Owner arrested

Smyth County, Virginia authorities arrested WXMY owner Jeff Raynor on Wednesday, July 18, 2007. Raynor was charged with one count of using electronic communication to solicit sexual activity with a child and one count of possession of child pornography.

On July 19, 2007, WXMY fell silent and the WXMY website was taken offline.

On Wednesday, July 25, 2007, WXMY came back on the air and was being run by Wendy Raynor. The station is also now being listed as owned by Continental Media Group, LLC in the FCC database, previously it showed Jeffrey L. Raynor as owner.

According to the station's website (as of Sep 2, 2007), WXMY had fallen silent. Then in October 2007, WXMY returned to the airwaves with a Classic Country format.

FCC license issues

In February 2007, the station received permission for Pre Sunrise and Post Sunset operations, which allows a daytime-only AM station to operate at reduced power during the period shortly before sunrise and shortly after sunset when the FCC determines the station does not need to ceaso operations to protect other AM stations.[1]

On April 30, 2007, Continental Media Group had applied with the FCC to increase power from 5kW to 23 kW (Daytime) and 11 watts at night. That application is still pending as of December 30, 2007.[2].

External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for WXMY
• Radio-Locator Information on WXMY
• Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WXMY